Company Information
Endemol UK Head office: Shepherds Building Central, Charecroft Way, London W14 0EE Tel: 0870 333 1700 Fax: 0870 333 1800
Endemol West: Endemol West Paintworks 6.3 Central Trading Estate Bath Road Bristol BS4 3EH Tel: 0870 240 9012
Endemol UK Chief Executive Officer- Tim Hincks Chief Financial Officer - Richard Johnston Chief Operating Officer - Lucas Church Initial Managing Director - Laurence Jones Creative Director - Nick Samwell-Smith Head of Initial Kids - Christopher Pilkington
Remarkable Managing Director - Colette Foster Managing Director - David Flynn Creative Director - Phil Edgar-Jones
Zeppotron Managing Director - Annabel Jones Co Founder and Creative Director - Charlie Brooker Co-Founder and Creative Director - Ben Caudell Co-Founder and Creative Director - Peter Holmes Co-Founder and Creative Director - Neil Webster
Digital Media Director, Digital Media - Peter Cowley Head of Products & Brand Exploitation - Jurian Van der Meer Head of Digital Media Studios - Pasa Mustafa Head of Digital Productions - Nick Hall
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Endemol UK is one of the largest independent production companies in Britain and annually produces over 6,000 hours of output. It incorporates a number of production brands including Remarkable Television, Initial and Zeppotron. These three specialise in a range of genres including comedy, gameshows, entertainment, specialist factual and scripted series. Credits include factual entertainment series Gok’s Fashion Fix (Channel 4), Supersize vs. Superskinny (Channel 4) and Coleen’s Real Women (ITV2); hit game shows Deal or No Deal (Channel 4), 1 vs. 100 (BBC ONE); Golden Balls (ITV1) and The Kids Are All Right (BBC ONE); reality blockbuster Big Brother (Channel 4; E4); and comedy series 8 Out Of 10 Cats (Channel 4), Would I Lie To You (BBC ONE) and Charlie Brooker’s Screen Wipe (BBC Four; BBC Two). The company is also behind a growing portfolio of innovative multiplatform entertainment including Bebo’s groundbreaking online reality show, Gap Year; BBC THREE’s online and TV event Upstaged; O2’s first ever made-for-mobile drama, Cell; BBC online interactive drama Signs of Life and BBC THREE’s interactive comedy series The Wall.
Building on its market leading position in branded entertainment, Endemol UK has recently launched New State, a new division dedicated to securing partnerships with leading brands. Recent credits in this area include iTunes Live: London Festival (ITV2), Vodafone TBA and The Vodafone Live Music Awards (Channel 4), Bratz Design Academy (Nickelodeon) and Orange Playlist (ITV1).
Endemol UK is part of Endemol - a global leader in entertainment that comprises an international network of companies that spans over 20 countries on five continents.
Endemol is owned by a consortium consisting of Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, Mediaset Group and Cyrte Group. For more information, please visit www.endemoluk.com.
Remarkable Television unites the teams behind Brighter Pictures and Cheetah Television and is behind a portfolio of groundbreaking factual entertainment shows, reality programming, live events and popular documentaries. Commissions to date include THE SEX EDUCATION SHOW (CHANNEL 4); EXTREME MALE BEAUTY (CHANNEL 4); GOK'S FASHION FIX (CHANNEL 4); SNOG, MARRY, AVOID? (BBC THREE); SUPERSIZE VS SUPERSKINNY (CHANNEL 4); and ROAR (CBBC TWO).
Remarkable Television also continues to build on the success of Endemol UK's entertainment blockbusters such as BIG BROTHER (CHANNEL 4; E4); DEAL OR NO DEAL (CHANNEL 4) and READY STEADY COOK (BBC TWO).
Other recent and forthcoming productions include: 7 DAYS ON THE BREADLINE (ITV1); MY BIG FAT DIET SHOW (CHANNEL 4); POINTLESS (BBC TWO) AND DIVIDED (ITV1).
The company also produces landmark factual programming such as the successful, long running, BBC TWO series RESTORATION which highlighted the plight of the nation's historic, built heritage.
REMARKABLE TELEVISION is headed up by Joint Managing Directors Colette Foster, David Flynn and Creative Director Phil Edgar-Jones.
INITIAL is one of the leading entertainment content creators and producers in the UK, specialising in prime time entertainment formats and game shows. We are also the market leader in the UK in Advertiser Funded / Branded Content programming. Recent and forthcoming credits include: SOCCER AID (ITV1; ITV2); GOLDEN BALLS (ITV1); BRITAIN SINGS CHRISTMAS (ITV1); COLEEN'S REAL WOMEN; CELEBAIR; iTUNES MUSIC FESITVAL (ITV2); VODAFONE PRESENTS SUMMER SERIES AT SOMERSET HOUSE (ITV1); FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE (ITV1); THE ONE AND ONLY (BBC1) THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT (BBC1) 1 V 100 (BBC1) COMIC RELIEF DOES FAME ACADEMY (BBC1, BBC3, CBBC, BBCi) CAMELOT and NATIONAL LOTTERY DRAWS (BBC1 & BBC3) UPSTAGED (BBCi and BBC3) SAFARI SCHOOL (BBC2); VODAFONE TBA AND LIVE MUSIC AWARDS (C4, T4); EMU (CITV) PARADISE CAFE (CBBC and TVNZ) and HOT RODS (CBBC)
ZEPPOTRON is a rapidly growing comedy producer with an increasing number of prime time hits. Recent projects have included a line up of peak time entertainment and comedy shows for Channel 4 - 8 OUT OF TEN CATS, THE LAW OF THE PLAYGROUND, SPOONS, FAQ U, and SPACE CADETS. Other credits include BBC Four's satirical TV review show CHARLIE BROOKER'S SREEN WIPE. Zeppotron also co-produced the cult Channel 4 series NATHAN BARLEY. The company also secured a two year deal with Hutchison 3G UK Limited to provide comedy content for its third-generation mobile phone services. Other successes have included the cult website, TVGOHOME, which became a book published by 4th Estate, and a 6 x 30" sketch show for E4 and Channel 4. ZEPPOTRON also created a 10 x 30" sketch show for Play UK based on another satirical site UNNOVATIONS. ENDEMOL MOBILE Endemol Mobile launched in October 2005 and is dedicated to producing original made for mobile content. Recent projects include Get Close To…The Sugababes, a made-for-mobile interactive reality show filmed exclusively for and broadcast on mobile handsets. The six week series allowed O2 subscribers in the UK to 'Get Close To…' the Sugababes every day by receiving behind-the-scenes footage of the girls and sneak peeks into their daily lives. The ground-breaking 'Get Close To…' format is interactive - with a quiz and an 'Over to You' section featuring video challenges and suggestions posted by fans. Visit www.getcloseto.com Please see the Endemol UK Plc internet site at www.endemoluk.com for more information on Remarkable TV, Initial, Digital Media and Zeppotron.
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